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For unix-like operating systems:
http://www.gnu.org/software/patch/patch.html
http://www.gnu.org/directory/diffutils.html
http://www.gnu.org/software/patch/patch.html
http://www.gnu.org/directory/diffutils.html
For Windows:
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/patch.htm
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/diffutils.htm
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/patch.htm
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/diffutils.htm
3.4 How to get your changes into the main sources
1. Submit your patch to the curl-library mailing list
Submit your patch to the curl-library mailing list.
2. Make the patch against as recent sources as possible.
Make the patch against as recent sources as possible.
3. Make sure your patch adheres to the source indent and coding style of
already existing source code. Failing to do so just adds more work for me.
Make sure your patch adheres to the source indent and coding style of already
existing source code. Failing to do so just adds more work for me.
4. Respond to replies on the list about the patch and answer questions and/or
fix nits/flaws. This is very important. I will take lack of replies as a
sign that you're not very anxious to get your patch accepted and I tend to
simply drop such patches from my TODO list.
Respond to replies on the list about the patch and answer questions and/or
fix nits/flaws. This is very important. I will take lack of replies as a sign
that you're not very anxious to get your patch accepted and I tend to simply
drop such patches from my TODO list.
5. If you've followed the above mentioned paragraphs and your patch still
hasn't been incorporated after some weeks, consider resubmitting it to the
list.
If you've followed the above paragraphs and your patch still hasn't been
incorporated after some weeks, consider resubmitting it to the list.
3.5 Write good commit messages
A short guide to how to do fine commit messages in the curl project.
A short guide to how to do fine commit messages in the curl project.
---- start ----
[area]: [short line describing the main effect]
---- start ----
[area]: [short line describing the main effect]
[separate the above single line from the rest with an empty line]
[separate the above single line from the rest with an empty line]
[full description, no wider than 72 columns that describe as much as
possible as to why this change is made, and possibly what things
it fixes and everything else that is related]
---- stop ----
[full description, no wider than 72 columns that describe as much as
possible as to why this change is made, and possibly what things
it fixes and everything else that is related]
---- stop ----
Don't forget to use commit --author="" if you commit someone else's work,
and make sure that you have your own user and email setup correctly in git
before you commit
Don't forget to use commit --author="" if you commit someone else's work,
and make sure that you have your own user and email setup correctly in git
before you commit